Food Matters Project #44: Pasta with Tuna, Tomatoes & Capers

I’m so happy to be the host of this week’s Food Matters Project. It’s a perfect recipe for our household these days. Between a new schedule and a new job, our lives have been a bit busy. Easy, make-ahead and delicious recipes are perfect for us.

A while back I chose Mark Bittman’s Pasta with Tuna, Tomatoes & Capers. It’s a great recipe that can be changed to what you have in your fridge. It’s fantastic prepared the night before, and wonderful for lunch the next day! Check out what other FMP participants did with their recipes here.

I love tuna salad, but I really hate to order it in deli shops or restaurants. There is always so much mayo in there, it doesn’t have the tuna flavor. And it’s heavy, loaded with calories. I loved this pasta salad- served cold, it was perfect for a hot summer day, and it’s still light enough that it doesn’t make you too sleepy after you eat it for lunch!